Chapter 210: Chapter 210

Chapter 210 Sabrina’s POV:

I’m so glad I have the truth now. And I’m even more glad that Caldan was lying.

The king led me to a resting area in the gardens. We sat on the benches, my hand held tightly in his as the evening breeze ruffled our hair and clothes.

“Your Majesty?” I said after a few minutes of peaceful silence.

“Yes my love?”

I wondered if I should ask this question at all or just let it go. I glanced at his face and his smile gives me the motivation to go ahead.

“It’s about your ex mate.” I said, still cautious. “Are you ready to tell me about her?”

He went silent for a while. Then he nodded. “I’m ready to tell you all about her.”

I scooted close to him, taking his hand into my lap. “I’m all ears.”

He started to speak. His voice was calm and mellow as he spoke about her. Katherine, was her name. He told me about how he was mated to her before the curse, and how his bite killed her.

“My goodness,” I gasped, my free hand flew to my heart in shock.

The way he spoke about her, he had been very in love with her. But there was a sharp bitterness in his tone, one that was hard to miss.

“She died because of me.” He said, angrily to himself. “It was all my fault.”

“It wasn’t”

He looked up at me, his eyes glowing subtly. “How can you say that? It was my bite that killed her. If I didn’t do that then...” He trailed off and sighed.

I moved closer to him, my shoulder pressing into his bicep. “Your majesty, you didn’t know any better. You didn’t know how the curse worked. You didn’t know what would happen. It was really painful, but it wasn’t your fault.”

“it was my fault.” He pulled his hand back from mine. My heart aches and I reached out to him, only to stop halfway and let hand drop to my lap. “I should have tried harder. Figured it out somehow.”

my “Alexander,”

He shook his head. “It was my fault, Sabrina. And that’s why...after Katherine died I decided that I would have no need for a mate. I wouldn’t fall in love again. I focused my entire energy into my packs, into my duties as king.”

I tilted my head to the side and smiled warmly at him. “But you love me,”

He turned to face me and mirrored my smile. “Do I?”

I pulled back. He laughed and took my hand.

“I do. I do love you, very much.” He said. He kissed my fingers, his lips lingering with each kiss. “All those promises, all the talks of never falling in love again, they flew right out of the window the moment you came in.”

I’m glad I can bring love back to your life.”

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Chapter 210 He kissed the inner of my wrist. The tip of his nose brushed my skin and he inhaled deeply. “You brought more than love into my life. You brought... everything.” He held my hand to his face, nuzzling my wrist. “It gives me great pain knowing that I can’t mark you. I hate it. So much.”

My heart skipped a beat and fluttered with excitement. “You want to mark me?”

“Yes.” He said, his eyes meeting mine. He kissed the inner of my wrist. “Everyday, the urge gets stronger and stronger. I want to see my mark on your skin, permanently. I want to wake up and see it everyday.”

Heat rises under my skin and I bit my lip hard to contain a whisper. His words lit a fire in my belly. I scolded myself mentally to behave. We are in public, and I don’t want to jump his bones right now.

I brushed the side of his face with my fingers. “You can try.”

“Try?”

“Yes..you can mark me. Bite me. I won’t die.”

He lowered my hand to his lap, his eyes suddenly serious. “Sabrina, did you not hear what I just said.”

“Yes. I heard every word. And I mean what I said too. I won’t die. well....I might not die. But it’s worth a shot.”

“You know, most people would run and never look back if they knew that my bite could kill them. I can’t believe you’re willingly saying this to me”

“I am.” I said and smiled.

“Why aren’t you afraid right now?”

“I have no reason to be afraid of you, my darling Lexy.”

He narrows his eyes. “Im being serious.”

I wipe my smiles off and assume a serious expression. “So am I too.”

He burst out laughing. My belly warmed and I soon found myself laughing too.

“Most people won’t even kiss me again. They’d believe I could bite them by accident.”

I bit my lower lip and wiggled my brows suggestively. “I mean, you have done that. And I didn’t die.”

“That’s because I didn’t break your skin back then. And don’t tempt me right now, we’re having a serious conversation.” Even as he said that, the corners of his lips turned up in an amused smile.

I straightened my back and smiled. “Okay, okay, I’m serious. I trust you. I trust you with my life.”

“No.” He said immediately. “I will not take that chance with you. If I bite you, there won’t be time to figure out an antidote if it hurts you. It’s instant, Sabrina.”

My heart skipped a beat. “Instant?”

His eyes became closed with hurt and guilt. “There will be no time to call for help. Seconds. I can’t take that risk with you.”

“But I want it.”

“No.”

“And 2/3 you want it too. You want to mark me too.”

“I do. Fuck, I do. If I could, I’d pull you into my lap right now and sink my teeth into your neck. And we’ll leave this place with my make proudly displayed on your skin.”

I touched my neck. My breath hitched in my throat and I bit my tongue.

“But I can’t do that. And that’s final.”